Learn about the latest great projects in these two Facebook groups:Presente (educators looking to bring new/next edu paradigms into the system)New Educational Paradigms (mostly Gen Y engaging in alternative edu projects)

TED: 1000 best minds in Technology, Education & Design .... many talks that address issues related to social entrepreneurship - See also RSA : Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce (RSA) "a cradle of enlightenment thinking and a force for social progress. Our approach is multi-disciplinary, politically independent and combines cutting edge research and policy development with practical action"

Once interesting but seem to be gone:Idea-porting ... platform to share ideas for impact within and between countriesDo The Right Thing ...... where good ideas grow: consumer input for companies to "do" good

What are your favorite apps for social impact? Who is building tech for changemakers? Please leave a comment or send us a tweet @ideasthatimpact

CREDO ..... more than a network, a movement this phone company operates with a mission and puts your monthly fees into social change action through advocacy and donations to social change efforts- we all use phones, make your talking count for social good!

One World Health ...... fulfilling the promise of medicine for the developing world changing the fundamentals in pharmaceuticals, this non-profit pharma company focuses on drugs for the third world making existing drugs under generic license for coast accessibility and developing drugs for common third world diseases neglected by big pharma's big dollar interests- a game changing player for global health innovation

Projects we love, but are MIA: Atelier 2000 jouets de bois motto "we create, we share" a small Parisian wood toy company where the employees are people who have difficulty finding employment due to prison records and other systemic injustices- bringing joy & living its values with every step ... it brings to mind that "even one small person can change the course of history" - Samwise the Hobbit, Lord of the Rings

Everyone is talking about social entrepreneurship, but what does it mean?

Social Enterprise is an emerging sector of business that focuses on social impact rather than merely profit maximization. Social enterprises include a spectrum of business structures from non-profit organizations that have a sustainable revenue model to for-profit enterprises that have a social mission and hybrids in between.

4. If you don't see anything in your area of interest, send some tweets out on Twitter - someone is working on it, you just need to get connected to them!

5. If you don't have a community in your geographic region, here are some ideas for how to create a flourishing Social Enterprise community:

Hive model: See the Hive, a monthly meet-up for entrepreneurs. Held at a bar on a Tuesday evening, the management only requires lining up a speaker who talks for 20 min and facilitating a Q&A for 20 minutes, mostly people come to meet others also interested in this area.

HUB model: See the Hub, a globally expanding network of social entrepreneurs who are sharing office space/resources to bootstrap ventures for social change.

MakeSense HotSpots: See MakeSense, a global community of friends passionate to support social business and connecting people who want to make a social impact with entrepreneurs to solve the challenges of the social enterprise.